Tuesday, December 13, 2005
King Kong
The King is back in Peter Jackson’s faithful-to-the-original 1933 movie, but spiced up with 2005 special effects. Wow! It’s “Beauty and the Beast” meets “Jurassic Park” meets “Them” meets “Tremors” meets “New York, New York” meets “The French Connection” meets “Wings”. It is an homage to the original Kong movie. It has creepy creatures, special effects galore, almost non-stop, heart pounding action, and a strange, tender, bittersweet love story. Naomi Watts, as Ann Darrow, really makes the film work with her special connection to Kong. Jack Black, as Carl Denham, makes a good greedy, but charming, con man/film maker; however, he plays it too over the top. If you liked the original “King Kong”, you’ll love this supercharged version. Alien was amazed by the visual effects; we are talking about “out of the frying fan and into the fire” type of peril. At just over 3 hours, better take a bladder break before the beginning of this blockbuster.
Alien gives it 4 “chills, thrills, spills, and kills” stars out of 4.
The King is back in Peter Jackson’s faithful-to-the-original 1933 movie, but spiced up with 2005 special effects. Wow! It’s “Beauty and the Beast” meets “Jurassic Park” meets “Them” meets “Tremors” meets “New York, New York” meets “The French Connection” meets “Wings”. It is an homage to the original Kong movie. It has creepy creatures, special effects galore, almost non-stop, heart pounding action, and a strange, tender, bittersweet love story. Naomi Watts, as Ann Darrow, really makes the film work with her special connection to Kong. Jack Black, as Carl Denham, makes a good greedy, but charming, con man/film maker; however, he plays it too over the top. If you liked the original “King Kong”, you’ll love this supercharged version. Alien was amazed by the visual effects; we are talking about “out of the frying fan and into the fire” type of peril. At just over 3 hours, better take a bladder break before the beginning of this blockbuster.
Alien gives it 4 “chills, thrills, spills, and kills” stars out of 4.
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